2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

None April 2026 Men's 5000 metres 2013 World Championships Luzhniki Stadium 13 August (heats)16 August (final) 29 18 13:26.98 Mo FarahGBR 2013 World Hagos GebrhiwetETH 2013 World Isiah KoechKEN 2013 World 2011 2015 thumb|110px|Official Video The men's 5000 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 13 and 16 August.Start list Fifteen qualified for the final. Of the ten automatic qualifiers, three each were from Kenya, Ethiopia and the United States. But all eyes were on the one from England, the defending champion, Olympic champion and 10000 winner from these championships all rolled up into one Mo Farah. The first lap of the final started off at a jog for these world class competitors. On the second lap, the Kenyans as a group pushed the pace, but it didn't last long and the pack reformed. At such a leisurely pace, nobody was at risk of getting dropped. Instead confusion. Hagos Gebrhiwet literally a step behind Farah near the back of the pack, watching his every step. At 2000 meters, Farah decided to take a chance at the lead, but it was not to advance the pace but to slow it down. With Farah at the front the pace slowed to 68 seconds, then almost 70 seconds and the rest of the field obediently crowded up behind him, not willing to go out alone against the king. With 5 laps to go, Isiah Koech decided to make the break and took off. The race accelerated to 62-second laps with all the players covering each other's move and jockeying for position. For a lap Yenew Alamirew held the lead, accelerating as anyone looked to try to pass. With 650 to go, Farah made his move, successfully passing Alamirew he only gained a step on the field but that was enough, now he wouldn't let anybody pass him, the field stinging out behind him, the suitors dwindling. Through the final lap in 53 seconds, Koech made repeated attempts to get past Farah but each time Farah was able to go that much faster. Two steps behind at the beginning of the straight, Gebrhiwet weaved his way around the other two Kenyans and came flying down the outside as Koech let up in defeat, Gebrhiwet taking silver by one thousandth of a second after 5000 meters. Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:http://www.iaaf.org/records/by-discipline/hurdles/5000-metres/outdoor/men Records & Lists – 5000 meters IAAF 8 August 2013 World recordKenenisa Bekele ETH12:37.35Hengelo, Netherlands31 May 2004Championship recordEliud Kipchoge KEN12:52.79Saint-Denis, France31 August 2003World LeadingEdwin Cheruiyot Soi KEN12:51.34Monaco19 July 2013African RecordKenenisa Bekele ETH12:37.35Hengelo, Netherlands31 May 2004Asian RecordSaif Saaeed Shaheen QAT12:51.98Rome, Italy14 July 2006North, Central American and Caribbean recordBernard Lagat USA12:53.60Monaco22 July 2011South American RecordMarilson dos Santos BRA13:19.43Kassel, Germany8 June 2006European RecordMohammed Mourhit BEL12:49.71Brussels, Belgium25 August 2000Oceanian recordCraig Mottram AUS12:55.76London, Great Britain30 July 2004 Qualification standards A time 2012 IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 – Standards http://www.mos2013.ru/en/competition/team_manual/ All Russia Athletic Federation 8 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130816102153/http://www.mos2013.ru/en/competition/team_manual 16 August 2013 dead dmy-allB time 13:15.00 13:20.00 Schedule Date Time Round13 August 2013 10:20 Heats16 August 2013 20:45 Final All times are local times (UTC+4) Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best Heats Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advanced to the final.http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-5000-M-h----.RS6.pdf?v=-1947087095 Heats Results 13 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20141010213107/http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-5000-M-h----.RS6.pdf?v=-1947087095 10 October 2014 dead Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Muktar Edris ETH 2013 World 13:20.82 Q 2 2 Edwin Soi KEN 2013 World 13:21.44 Q 3 2 Isaiah Koech KEN 2013 World 13:22.19 Q 4 1 Hagos Gebrhiwet ETH 2013 World 13:23.22 Q 5 1 Yenew Alamirew ETH 2013 World 13:23.48 Q 6 1 Bernard Lagat USA 2013 World 13:23.59 Q 7 2 Galen Rupp USA 2013 World 13:23.91 Q 8 2 Mo Farah GBR 2013 World 13:23.93 Q 9 1 Thomas Longosiwa KEN 2013 World 13:23.94 Q 10 1 Ryan Hill USA 2013 World 13:24.19 Q 11 1 Elroy Gelant RSA 2013 World 13:25.07 q 12 2 Dejenee Regassa BHR 2013 World 13:25.21 q 13 1 Brett Robinson AUS 2013 World 13:25.38 q 14 1 Sindre Buraas NOR 2013 World 13:26.69 q 15 1 Zane Robertson NZL 2013 World 13:27.89 q 16 2 Othmane El Goumri MAR 2013 World 13:31.08 17 1 John Kipkoech KEN 2013 World 13:31.21 18 2 Ben St Lawrence AUS 2013 World 13:33.64 19 1 Phillip Kipyeko UGA 2013 World 13:33.68 20 1 Arne Gabius GER 2013 World 13:34.26 21 2 Alemayehu Bezabeh ESP 2013 World 13:34.68 22 2 Byron Piedra ECU 2013 World 13:35.38 23 2 Yuki Sato JPN 2013 World 13:37.07 24 1 Aziz Lahbabi MAR 2013 World 13:37.75 25 2 Diego Estrada MEX 2013 World 13:48.38 26 1 Sergio Sánchez ESP 2013 World 13:52.05 27 2 Rinas Akhmadeev RUS 2013 World 13:58.38 28 2 Jake Robertson NZL 2013 World 14:09.50 29 1 Grevazio Mpani MAW 2013 World 14:15.65 1 Abdoulaye Abdelkarim CHA 2013 World DNS 2 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro UGA 2013 World DNS Final The final was started at 20:45.http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-5000-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-1863054535 Final Results 16 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131028230633/http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-5000-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-1863054535 28 October 2013 dead Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Mo Farah GBR 2013 World 13:26.98 Hagos Gebrhiwet ETH 2013 World 13:27.26 Isiah Koech KEN 2013 World 13:27.26 04 4 Thomas Longosiwa KEN 2013 World 13:27.67 05 5 Edwin Soi KEN 2013 World 13:29.01 06 6 Bernard Lagat USA 2013 World 13:29.24 07 7 Muktar Edris ETH 2013 World 13:29.56 08 8 Galen Rupp USA 2013 World 13:29.87 09 9 Yenew Alamirew ETH 2013 World 13:31.27 10 Ryan Hill USA 2013 World 13:32.69 11 Dejenee Regassa BHR 2013 World 13:34.54 12 Elroy Gelant RSA 2013 World 13:43.68 13 Sindre Buraas NOR 2013 World 13:45.67 14 Zane Robertson NZL 2013 World 13:46.55 15 Brett Robinson AUS 2013 World 14:03.77 References External links 5000 metres results at IAAF website 5000 Category:5000 metres at the World Athletics Championships